BRANDON KRESSIN

Brandon Kressin has spent his entire career in private practice, representing clients seeking to execute offensive antitrust strategies in a variety of industries.

Brandon originally founded of Kressin Meador Powers in 2021, when it was known as Kressin Law Group. He founded the firm after the dissolution of Kanter Law Group, another antitrust boutique Brandon helped found with Jonathan Kanter in 2020. Prior to that he practiced at Paul, Weiss and Cadwalader in Washington, DC and Brussels.

Brandon has deep experience in all forms of antitrust practice, but what sets him apart is his experience advocating in favor of enforcement before federal, state, and foreign antitrust regulators. He regularly meets with and presents to staff and the front office at the US Department of Justice's Antitrust Division and the Federal Trade Commission. He also travels around the country to meet with antitrust enforcers in the most active state attorney general offices, and he also appears before regulators in the EU and the UK.

Brandon also regularly works on the Hill and in state legislatures, educating policymakers on the competitive implications of proposed statutes, and he has publicly testified on a variety of competition-related bills.

Much of Brandon's work has centered on tech issues, where he is able to draw from a deep knowledge of how these highly complicated markets operate. For more than a decade he has represented clients dealing with anticompetitive conduct involving search, digital advertising, and mobile platforms.  He is now working at the forefront of emerging antitrust issues involving artificial intelligence and Web3.

Brandon's experience is not limited to high-tech. He also represents clients in industries as wide and varied as: cable broadcasting and internet service provision, auto manufacturing, construction, hardware technology manufacturing, ride-sharing, health insurance, life insurance, pharmaceutical manufacturing and distribution, consumer goods and food retail, sports gaming and entertainment, alcohol distribution, and more.

Testimony, Media & Publications

• Quoted in Associated Press "Faced with possibly paying for news, Google removes links to California news sites for some users" (Apr. 12, 2024).

• Testimony before California Senate Committee on Judiciary on The Importance of Journalism in the Digital Age (Dec. 5, 2023).

• Boutique of former Kanter colleagues grows with Senate hire, Global Competition Review (July 3, 2023).

• Testimony before North Dakota Senate Industry, Business & Labor Committee regarding SB 2223 (Feb. 9, 2021).

• Online Platforms and the Commoditization of News Content, Competition Policy International (Dec. 13, 2017).